Female population — all countries

Female population — Bulgaria

Female population in Bulgaria in 2025 — 3,320,474 people. Ranked 111 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 15.7%.

2025 3.32M people −0.12% vs 2024
World rank 111of 217
Period maximum 4.54M people1988
Period minimum 3.32M people2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Female population — Bulgaria, 1960–20253M3.5M4M4.5M5M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 3,939,014 people1962: 4,010,589 people1964: 4,075,166 people1966: 4,127,970 people1968: 4,184,183 people1970: 4,245,223 people1972: 4,290,340 people1974: 4,343,883 people1976: 4,386,221 people1978: 4,418,034 people1980: 4,446,408 people1982: 4,479,472 people1984: 4,508,111 people1986: 4,523,067 people1988: 4,543,249 people1990: 4,420,477 people1992: 4,341,549 people1994: 4,302,902 people1996: 4,271,365 people1998: 4,225,312 people2000: 4,188,059 people2002: 4,022,127 people2004: 3,961,981 people2006: 3,904,283 people2008: 3,848,795 people2010: 3,798,253 people2012: 3,750,798 people2014: 3,633,163 people2016: 3,544,097 people2018: 3,454,233 people2020: 3,376,758 people2022: 3,335,288 people2024: 3,324,395 people2025: 3,320,474 people
Change over the period: −618,540 (−15.7%) Average annual rate: -0.26 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bulgaria

Bulgaria 3.32M people
World 4.09B people
Europe & Central Asia 480M people
Eastern Europe computed 149M people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 1.34B people
Female population — Bulgaria, by year Bulgaria All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 3.32M −3,921 −0.12%
2024 3.32M −2,178 −0.07%
2023 3.33M −8,715 −0.26%
2022 3.34M −20,900 −0.62%
2021 3.36M −20,570 −0.61%
2020 3.38M −31,390 −0.92%
2019 3.41M −46,085 −1.33%
2018 3.45M −45,356 −1.3%
2017 3.5M −44,508 −1.26%
2016 3.54M −44,698 −1.25%
2015 3.59M −44,368 −1.22%
2014 3.63M −42,882 −1.17%
2013 3.68M −74,753 −1.99%
2012 3.75M −22,579 −0.6%
2011 3.77M −24,876 −0.65%
2010 3.8M −25,534 −0.67%
2009 3.82M −25,008 −0.65%
2008 3.85M −27,210 −0.7%
2007 3.88M −28,278 −0.72%
2006 3.9M −28,964 −0.74%
2005 3.93M −28,734 −0.73%
2004 3.96M −29,046 −0.73%
2003 3.99M −31,100 −0.77%
2002 4.02M −86,521 −2.11%
2001 4.11M −79,411 −1.9%
2000 4.19M −17,553 −0.42%
1999 4.21M −19,700 −0.47%
1998 4.23M −24,042 −0.57%
1997 4.25M −22,011 −0.52%
1996 4.27M −17,508 −0.41%
1995 4.29M −14,029 −0.33%
1994 4.3M −9,778 −0.23%
1993 4.31M −28,869 −0.66%
1992 4.34M −40,868 −0.93%
1991 4.38M −38,060 −0.86%
1990 4.42M −74,639 −1.66%
1989 4.5M −48,133 −1.06%
1988 4.54M +9,173 +0.2%
1987 4.53M +11,009 +0.24%
1986 4.52M +7,106 +0.16%
1985 4.52M +7,850 +0.17%
1984 4.51M +14,213 +0.32%
1983 4.49M +14,426 +0.32%
1982 4.48M +15,762 +0.35%
1981 4.46M +17,302 +0.39%
1980 4.45M +20,128 +0.45%
1979 4.43M +8,246 +0.19%
1978 4.42M +7,237 +0.16%
1977 4.41M +24,576 +0.56%
1976 4.39M +20,252 +0.46%
1975 4.37M +22,086 +0.51%
1974 4.34M +30,048 +0.7%
1973 4.31M +23,495 +0.55%
1972 4.29M +20,977 +0.49%
1971 4.27M +24,140 +0.57%
1970 4.25M +28,210 +0.67%
1969 4.22M +32,830 +0.78%
1968 4.18M +30,010 +0.72%
1967 4.15M +26,203 +0.63%
1966 4.13M +24,985 +0.61%
1965 4.1M +27,819 +0.68%
1964 4.08M +32,515 +0.8%
1963 4.04M +32,062 +0.8%
1962 4.01M +34,384 +0.86%
1961 3.98M +37,191 +0.94%
1960 3.94M

About the indicator

The female population of a country as of mid-year, by the World Population Prospects revisions of the UN. In most countries women outnumber men, and the gap widens with age because of higher life expectancy; the exceptions are countries with mass male labor migration and countries where a selective attitude toward the birth of girls persists.

Important: The sum with the male population equals total population. The absolute number says little about structure — for comparing countries there is a separate indicator, the share of women in the population.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.